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Table 2 Percentage of responders per categories for the three clusters identified by the hierarchical classification analysis
Variables and categories | Cluster 1 | Cluster 2 | Cluster 3 | Total | Stata |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Grazing mode | *** | ||||
Free grazing | 0 | 37.7 | 88.7 | 38.9 | |
Herding/tethering | 0 | 56.4 | 9.4 | 37.6 | |
Mixed crop-livestock system | 100 | 5.9 | 1.9 | 23.5 | |
Pasture area | *** | ||||
Individual grazing | 12.9 | 41.2 | 18.9 | 31.9 | |
Communal grazing | 1.6 | 58.8 | 81.1 | 51.4 | |
Stall feeding | 85.5 | 0 | 0 | 16.6 | |
Type of flock | * | ||||
Flock with only pure indigenous goats | 38.7 | 61.3 | 65.1 | 57.1 | |
Flock with indigenous goats and Boer crossbreds | 61.3 | 38.7 | 34.9 | 42.9 | |
Use of forage crops in the feed | ** | ||||
Yes | 72.6 | 41.2 | 39.7 | 46.7 | |
No | 27.4 | 58.8 | 60.3 | 53.3 | |
Presence of litter in the stall | *** | ||||
Yes | 93.5 | 76.3 | 28.3 | 69.9 | |
No | 6.5 | 23.7 | 71.7 | 30.1 | |
First purpose for keeping goats | *** | ||||
Manure | 41.9 | 21.5 | 1.9 | 22.2 | |
Sale | 4.8 | 2 | 86.8 | 16.6 | |
Both (manure and sale) | 53.3 | 76.5 | 11.3 | 61.2 | |
Size of the herds | *** | ||||
Small: less than 5 heads | 53.2 | 42.2 | 3.8 | 37.9 | |
Medium: 5 to 10 heads | 43.6 | 52.3 | 20.7 | 45.5 | |
Large: over 10 heads | 3.2 | 5.5 | 75.5 | 16.6 | |
Level of income from goats’ sale (in the year following the survey) | *** | ||||
No sales of goats | 45.2 | 44.8 | 1.9 | 37 | |
Low: less than 50,000 BIF | 29.0 | 23.2 | 9.4 | 22.6 | |
Medium: from 50,000 to 100,000 BIF | 14.5 | 23.2 | 17 | 21.3 | |
High: more than 100,000 BIF | 11.3 | 8.8 | 71.7 | 19.1 | |
Money spent for veterinary care (in the year following the survey) | *** | ||||
Low: less than 5000 BIF | 74.2 | 65.7 | 20.7 | 59.9 | |
Medium: from 5000 to 10,000 BIF | 14.5 | 18.6 | 18.9 | 17.8 | |
High: more than 10,000 BIF | 11.3 | 15.7 | 60.4 | 22.3 | |
Agro-ecological zone | *** | ||||
Central highlands | 63 | 33.5 | 1.9 | 33.8 | |
Congo-Nil-Crest | 30.6 | 18.6 | 1.8 | 17.6 | |
Depressions of the Northeast | 0 | 26.3 | 19 | 19.7 | |
Mumirwa | 3.2 | 13.9 | 37.7 | 15.9 | |
Imbo | 3.2 | 7.7 | 39.6 | 12.9 |